Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02
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the Erst legislative sssmhiy in ls64s -
inslude nazrig al ths region osfsean
ne Ga aad - parallels. and between
the OAscaGzs ard Roxy Mountains Ia
provisional ofAs@Es appaineea 81 the
Legislators sgi6 MT On &iIfy on sces1ns
OF re embargo upon settlement % tnH
Heres Indian WArs rauglnR up % she
I tail Of fS5s, when Cai0nsi WriRhk eoR-
Q1eFed q listing peace bg . brilliant
campaign wash fGrminstsd vida tne
szmRagy exscution. ~ eo1Ft martial
senteaas, wiencus praaideatiAi intarFen-
ten. Of sixfzan red handed Isdian m1F
dsrers. Tee county vac eircumserIbed
a area ~ tue org zniz fti0n Of I1xh0, .
p4ra Of wkiaa afterwards vent % Mon
sana, and By legislative act IN lo55
creating al the Territory north OF c1eke
River into spokane Coanty. In lsz5
| Cosumhta O0nnzy gas ere ted our u
Walia Waila 0o1nty. the has ness znen
Of the eoanty ssat Of which tscitly
acquiessin< in the partition on . reali-
xztfen Of the iaeFisabis that 3 town
only four and bali mics from the
Or<esn line and a. the extreme 9esiern
end Of toe county oO1id n0t hope. 70 tne
fAee Of RAPIDLY increasing population.
70 remain l0ag tas seal Of political
! tlH0La ~ NLGEIt lLA44I L1u = - -
gard With ancestral pride, created from
sac original tsFrstoEid limits. fgurtee1
s8ustiss in Washington. four in Idaho.
and thrss Ia NJ sntana-at least thres OF
which have outstripped her in wealt1
and population.
Bat shs can regard with q satisfactory
degree Of c0mplaeency the faith that
none Of ths municipalities created
| Hitain her original b11nd kfies can sp-
preaeh the exesllsncs OF hsr attractions.
the mildness and saiubrity OF her ell
mate, aud ths extent ami variety OF her
productions. she aspir=s TO designa-
/ ton as "rhs Rhine DistFiet OF Amer
lea" EiRhty-ons years ago Lewis and
Clarke tTaveFsed the entire length OF IN
oounty. aad were Impressed with the
/ fertility Of the soil from tue luxnFiance
Of the vegetation. Fifty-two years ago
Rev. Samuel Parker, sent ont a. an
i agent Of Presbyterian missions, selected
q location within the present boundaries
/ OF Waila Walla county where be thought
civilization Of Indians possible Through
a ka0wisdqe Of easily succsssfai aQri-
/ culture, and on that spot the martyrsd
Whitman founded bis mission. and Tad
10 abundance, at The time Of his massa-
ere. productions Of the held, orchard
and garden
/ IL has been only twslve years since
the rolling bunohQFass hills we're csnsid
sred valuable for other titan grazing
purposes, until SONS adventurous expe-
rimentsr established the fact that wheat
would grow where the grass grew. Now.
tuese are the most valuable lands. aud
are predicting in SONS instances one
and one-half tons Of wheat 20 the acre.
or. "a the gr9DRers say. more wheat in
geieht than tbs same crop will produce
10 wheat hay cut at she proper season.
Last year, from am SAINT shipped ct vari-
Gus statiaas, it vas estim 4ted that
Walls Waila coanty produced 1000
tans OF wheat, or ISIS SS3 hashels.
Wheat being the principal crop. and the
rotation praoticea BY suceessful aRri-
sulturists IN older States not yes being
practicable in this new country. IA m
era have been in the habit OF letting
heir lands lie fallaV every other year.
The season Of 1886 was what is known
As the OF year, in which the production
was not as great as in the odd-nnmbered
years.
| tbs dryaasz Of the climate. not leav-
ing the ground in q proper condition
for blowing in the early fall, 80 thst
winter wheat, the only variety raised,
could be sewn 10 time to erminate be-
fore winter, has much So do with the
practice IF fallewing. But the dryness
of the climate is not an unmixed evil
IL obyiates the necessity for expensive
granaries, fer transportation TO and
from them, and IL q guaranty against
anx<peradventure Of less in sps0uled
grain. The grain is threshed ia the
dsld where it Is raised, and, without Hp-
prehension of danger, is piled 10 j1te
bags until the farmer Is ready 20 haul Il
to the station. Daring the past 13 years,
during which q record of rainfall ha
bean kept, the average for the months
OF August, September aud October has
been fraction over q inches.
In the past 10 years, the lowest mean
Temperature for any month Of any year
vas ID So; and, with one other exoep.
tioR, ths mean temperature for none Of
the winter months has at any tine
fallen over four or five degrees below
the freezing point. The highest mean
temperature for anv winter msnth in
that period was 6l39 The habitasl
mildness of our winters often keeps the
lawns green, IS they are st tbs present
writing. aud leaves the fruit trees in
jeopardy II tbs ADVENT Of some lar
wsve that meteorological ehsncs throws
upon "a. Bat, as horticultarists make
PROCESS and lesFn to accommodate
themselves to the surroundings, il is
found that here, as vel! ~ elsewhere.
ihe asperitiea OF nature can be met aud
successfully cOanteracted BY mnlohing
and a provident care oftrees and shrub
berry. As g fruit-bearing region, ths
Rhine district OF America il Justly en-
| -, Al 4 "a
means OF transportation has hithsrto
oon6aed efforts IN this dirsotion TO the
supply OF local wants and to amateur
performances for priv Ats qualification;
out sufficient progress has been made
% justify the prediction that this il
destined to be the aIboFetum Of America.
From 1866 TO 1872 there we're inter
mittent efforts 70 manutaetars senti
Gent Ia favor of annexation 10 Oregon;
bat ii 10 worthy of record that the peo-
pie OF Walla Walia County ever have
oseu, and R0v are, loyal TO the integFi-
~ and greatness Of the fat1re State OF
Washington. aud they look forward with
lively interest 20 the time when they
vii be broaRht into closer commercial,
social and political relations with the
pscple on the Sound. For years the
producers OF Walla WalIA C0unsy have
besR sids tracked along the commercial
ehWsy, and htaerto IL has cost them
nearly as much 30 Get 0ushel OF wheat
% Portland as IL did from that point 10
Liverpool. A railSsy vas built from
Walla Walla 10 the Columbia IN 1874.
bat tnis was absorbed By the Oregon
Halfway ard Navigator. aud the heart
sickness from long deferred hopes has
not yet foaDd an adequate remedy.
upon this sahisct she ps0pls Are ani--
mated by the Roman dissemination that
Eilled sbe destruction Of Carthage. add
viii act Thoroughly ami effectively upon
the hrst favorable opportunity.
A paper on Walla Mnlia Coanty Il
inesmpleis without reference 90 tbs
siasati3nai. moral aad social 90 often
% the psopis. Age has msli9wsd thess
adi1neis OF civilization into q more
satisfactory condition % advancement
that mang younger Communities sAn
boast. Toe - school districts Of tha
osontg are veil eqaipoed With the
mans and sell ofiosr for she WorE,
u iastractioa. Ia nearly every dissFfsi
there IL q eredisa5ie chnreh ediiios.
! HAifmSn Csilepe with An attendanee